Gaming Diddy Kong Racing DS

[Verocity]

Heres some videos, of the game.

 

[Hadrian]

Played original recently, didnt seem as good as i remember.

 

[Verocity]

Yeah, I have it on the N64 as well, and it looks pretty identicle. All the different vehicles will be cool, and theres also a method of customizing them I read.

 

[754boy]

Mario Kart>>>>>>>>DKR

Never did like DKR. The game just didnt feel as fast an furious as MK did. And those videos show that the game still looks like is sluggish. I'll play it just for the online factor tho.

 

[slayerspud]

Hopefully this will be good. not too gimmicky.

 

[Hadrian]

UPDATE

I just noticed this about Diddy Kong Racings Release Date

IGN says April 5th 2007
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and

GameStats says 02/05/07
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So take your guess. Hopefully its February.

Edit: This article says February, lol wow IGN must of made a mistake...
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Erm IGN says 2nd Feb for US! Europe and AUS DECEMBER!!! What is it with Nintendo screwing us over now? They start doing well but with Starfox, Mario 1 on 1 and Mario Vs DK 2 they're just taking the piss.

 

[liquidsnow2]

Looks terribly Sloooooooooooooooooooow....

 

[MADKATZ99]

Yes!! Wi-fi racing without snaking. Can't wait!

Cant stand a little bit of competition eh?

Yes!! Wi-fi racing without snaking. Can't wait!

I really really hope so. Id be completely fair

(well kinda)

Games are never "fair". Theres always going to be people that excel against the people that suck.
DKR will be no exeption

And their is "snaking" which you should be able to do with the hoverdraft to add some excitement into the game rather than holding down A and steering.


Didnt anyone play DKR competativly?
To go faster in the car you had to tap A like crazy. That game had some mechanics faults...

 

[Gaisuto]

Diddy Kong Racing was my favorite racing game of all time. Nostalgia, and now it has Wifi? Everyone here who stands inmy way will NOT be spared! FEAR THE WRATH OF TIPTUP!

 

[shadowboy]

So from what I hear they really screwed this port up. They force a bunch of gimmicky stylus controls on you, like instead of just timing the gas button to get a boost at the start of the race, you have to rub the screen a bunch, or much worse; for the hovercraft you have to blow in the mic. They replaced the coin challenges with this mode where you fly around the coarse wherever you want in first person with stylus controls just popping balloons. Boss fights are now just drawing lines and spinning a wheel on the touch screen.

The stylus boosting looks good, IMO... but the hovercraft blowing into the mic.. WTF? NO WAY. And the boss fights had better not be lame.

 

[SkuiD87]

I LOVED the N64 original vers...

So long as this isn't gimmicky, it'll be a GREAT game! I hope that ALL the multiplayer modes will be included with WiFi. There was this one mode where you'd have to swoop in and grab eggs with your plane and land them in your own nest. 4 Players was just too crazy!

Can't Wait!

 

[teH XeRO]

yeah im lookin forward to this game a lot too....i played the n64 one inside and out and completed every single thing you could do in that game back in the day. at the time i had liked it better than mario kart 64 just b/c there was so much more to do and the character models were so much better looking.

 

[Disturbed1]

I loved the original as well, and I just hope they don't screw it up too bad

 

[OSW]

if rare screws this up they're dead. they havent released a decent game in ages.

 

[science]

KANT WIAT

 

[MADKATZ99]

Looks like its been dumped.

 

[teH XeRO]

yeah and doesnt work on the ez4....f**k

 

[MADKATZ99]

yeah and doesnt work on the ez4....f**k

Awww.. sorry to hear that man.

If it turns out to be decent, I might buy it.

 

[teH XeRO]

lol yeah..oh well :\ may purchase either an ez5 or an r4...lookin through reviews to see which one i'd go with..i usually stick with ez products but the r4 is looking sweet

 

[nightwalker]

so is it true that you really have to use the stylus to control your character and blow on mic?